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Vehicle Ops
Law Enforcement Arrests Parents in Truancy Sweep
Officers in California’s Sacramento County brought in 50 people in the area’s tenth annual truancy sweep, aimed at making parents accountable for students’ school attendance.
October 5, 2005
Technology
Broward County Truancy Program Trips Juvenile Crime
Although it's not illegal for students to skip school in the state of Florida, Broward County authorities saw a correlation between truancy and crime and enlisted the Sheriff's Office in an anti-truancy program. The result has been a marked drop in both truancy and youth crime.
December 17, 2002
Vehicle Ops
New York Police Fight Truancy
Police officers in Albany, New York, are now on the lookout for children skipping school as part of a citywide crackdown on students playing hooky.
October 6, 2004
Technology
Crime In California City's Park Is 'Nonexistent' With Video Surveillance
Using a four-camera wireless video surveillance system, the Hawthorne Police Department has made crime "virtually nonexistent" in a 6.2-acre city park.
February 3, 2010
Training
Napa (Calif.) Police Department
Sometimes a schoolyard scuffle is just a simple fight. Sometimes it’s a clear cry for help from a kid battling bigger demons at home. And sometimes it portends more serious violence from a disturbed, future-felon-in-the-making.
February 28, 2006
Patrol
A Crappy Job of Parenting
I have had parents tell me to discipline their kids, yell at them, take them to jail, and lock them up. One asked to borrow my service revolver.
August 31, 2009
Training
Hartford (Vt.) Police Department
Slicing through the rolling hills and quiet villages of Vermont’s Upper Valley are the dual black-ribbon roadways of interstates 89 and 91. Stretching from the Canadian border into New Hampshire and Connecticut, respectively, the robust thoroughfares form the backbone for travel in western New England.
August 31, 2005
Training
Honolulu Police Department
If you are fortunate to find yourself on a beautiful beach in Waikiki and, for whatever reason, you need police service, who would you call? Contrary to popular belief, it would not be Hawaii 5-0.
May 31, 2000
Training
Appleton (Wis.) Police Department
The Appleton PD has received national attention for innovations in victim- and social-services-oriented sexual assault investigations, intercultural outreach to ensure services are fairly and effectively distributed to minority communities, and, most notably, programs that address the real-life needs of its youngest residents.
September 30, 2005
Vehicle Ops
Sporty Police Cars
Crown Victorias and Dodge Chargers may be among the most typical makes and models of police cars used in the U.S. today. However, some departments have a handful of "sportier" cars, many of which are used in special ways.
March 31, 2011
Special Units
Graffiti
In a Broken Windows crime model, graffiti is one of those foothold crimes that leads to a neighborhood's decay.
February 29, 2008
Patrol
Student Bullying
In order to put bullying in a light police are familiar with, you may want to view it through the prism of domestic violence.
March 25, 2010
Patrol
Room Service
Motels are often the first destination for parolees and sex offenders upon their release from incarceration. And that makes for an unfortunate dynamic.
May 31, 2008
Training
Adventures in Law Enforcement
It's no secret that law enforcement is a multi-faceted profession. From small departments, where officers must wear many hats, to the specialists of giant metropolitan agencies, the job offers ample opportunity to sharpen wits- over and over- on a variety of levels.
February 28, 1999
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